Malaria Consortium has been honoured for its groundbreaking efforts in malaria prevention, both within Uganda and internationally, at the annual World Malaria Day Scientific Colloquium 2024.
The UK-Africa Health Summit took place this week, uniting global health leaders in antimicrobial stewardship to tackle this increasing threat ahead of the 2024 High-level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in New York.
The fifth Annual Meeting of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Alliance brought together implementing countries, partners and donors to review the past year’s activities and plan for future SMC campaigns across Africa.
New research finds that increasing the coverage of four pneumonia interventions to at least 90 percent from 2023 until 2030 could prevent half of the predicted deaths from pneumonia of children under five in Chad, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
In a new collaboration, Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation will support Mozambique’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) to roll out a new digital tool to accelerate the digitalisation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns.
The world’s first large-scale immunisation programme of the RTS,S malaria vaccine began today in 42 districts of Cameroon and is expected to deliver 662,000 doses. This marks a significant milestone in child health and the urgent fight against malaria, offering hope for the future for thousands of children.
At the Global Digital Health Forum 2023, under the theme ‘Driving effective and equitable digital health innovation’, a panel discussion brought together stakeholders from across the health system spectrum in Uganda to…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its World Malaria Report for 2023, assessing global and regional malaria trends in 2022 and providing an opportunity to reflect on progress towards global targets.
The report e…
In a visit of Nigeria, from 6th to 10th November, Dr James Tibenderana, Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive, met with officials from the Federal Ministry of Health and representatives from national and international partner…
In a comment piece published in BMC Research Notes and written on behalf of CE4AMR (Community Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance) network, a team of collaborators from organisations including Malaria Consortium presents seven…
Following the latest review of childhood pneumonia research funding, a new letter published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine today calls on infectious disease research funders to increase the amount of funding they invest …
In a major milestone in the fight against malaria, the Oxford R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine received the World Health Organization (WHO)’s recommendation for use in children at risk. This moment paves the way for global rollo…
Kano, one of Nigeria’s most populous states, was put under the spotlight as state officials hosted leaders from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), U.S. President's Emergency Plan for A…
Today in New York during the United Nation (UN)’s 78th General Assembly, a High-level meeting (UN HLM) on universal health coverage (UHC) convened nations and stakeholders with a shared vision for reinvigorating progress tow…
The Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) opens its ninth annual conference this week, held this year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event, attended by scientists, public health professionals and specialists in vector-bo…
Today, government representatives from Chad, Guinea, Somalia and South Sudan come together to take part in a pivotal workshop, co-convened by Malaria Consortium, that will support efforts to introduce two vital vaccines, the pneum…
Malaria Consortium today announced the appointment of Katherine Theiss-Nyland to its leadership team as the organisation’s new Technical Director. Katherine brings 15 years’ experience in epidemiology, having worked in…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Wilfred Mbacham as Chair of the Board of Trustees. His appointment comes following a transition from the previous Chair, Professor Marcel Tanner, who steps d…
A new study, developed and implemented by a research team from Malaria Consortium, found that handheld pulse oximeter devices can be used in routine care settings to save lives among children under five in countries with limited a…
Malaria Consortium is conducting a new research project to carry out ‘rapid assessments’ in East and southern Africa to provide evidence on the suitability of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) as a malaria prevent…
Earlier this month, an action plan to strengthen strategies for child survival, focused on the integrated management of childhood illnesses (IMNCI), was launched in Ethiopia, at an event attended by representatives from the region…
Learning from adaptations to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns in Nigeria highlights how the intervention remained highly effective in conflict-affected areas, ensuring preventive treatment for over two million chil…
A new study using disease modelling – published last month in the Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including Northwestern University, Malaria Consortium, the National Malaria Elimination Programme …
Malaria Consortium attends the 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia held today and yesterday in Madrid to lend its voice in galvanising action and seek new and ambitious commitments to accelerate the introduction and scale up o…
Experts from Malaria Consortium, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and national malaria control/elimination programmes in Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Uganda call for greater partnerships between public, private for-…
Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Guidelines for Malaria, recommending the use of a new class of mosquito net, containing two active ingredients to kill and repel malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in areas …
A message from James Tibenderana, Malaria Consortium Chief Executive
As we look to recognise World Malaria Day at the end of this month, Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce a gift of US$10 million from philanthropist Mack…
Earlier this month, the Asia-Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN), together with Malaria Consortium and the Asia-Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA), published a report promoting the use of community engagement tools a…
A new report has been launched to mark 10 years of the successful implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in Africa.
The report, entitled ‘From concept to scale – Celebrating 10 years of seasonal mala…
A study published in Malaria Journal by a team of researchers from organisations including the University of Michigan, Malaria Consortium, Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and USAID has found that malaria treatment, whether a…
Mozambique has become the first country outside of the Sahel region to scale up its use of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC). Beginning today, Malaria Consortium, in collaboration with Mozambique’s National Malaria Cont…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its World Malaria Report for 2022, assessing global and regional malaria trends over the last year and providing an opportunity to reflect on progress towards global targets.
T…
Malaria Consortium presented results from an evaluation of data quality for in-hospital malaria deaths to Mozambique’s Minister of Health at the at the 13th meeting of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in Maputo …
Today, the UK Government announced its pledge of £1 billion to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The long-anticipated announcement comes nearly two months after the Seventh Replenishment Conference in…
This week, Malaria Consortium welcomes James Tibenderana as he starts his new role as Chief Executive of the organisation. James joined Malaria Consortium in 2005, a few years after it was founded, and worked as Africa Technical D…
Today, Uganda celebrated the official launch of its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme at an event in Moroto, attended by Uganda’s State Minister for Health - General Duties, Anifa Kawooya. In 2023, the governm…
New research from Mozambique and Uganda has shown that effectively trained community health workers (CHWs) can reduce treatment costs for malaria and pneumonia among children under five in rural areas of the countries. The finding…
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new initiative in the hopes of stopping the invasive mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, from spreading further in Africa. Through this, national malaria control programmes,…
Yesterday, governments around the world pledged a record US$14.25 billion at the Seventh Replenishment conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York, hosted by US President Joe Biden. The confe…
Health workers in Mozambique are collecting samples for genomic surveillance of malaria to monitor malaria transmission intensity and resistance to antimalarial drugs and diagnostics.
Mozambique has the fourth-highest malaria bur…
Impressive trial results for the R21/Matrix-M were published yesterday in the Lancet showing up to 80 percent protection against malaria in children aged five to 17 months. The vaccine, developed by scientists at the University of…
On 4 August, the first Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to draw up a Plan of Action to guide implementation of the goals and objectives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Unite…
Today in Nigeria, the inauguration and launch of the Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC) – a public-private partnership formed to support the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) in achieving its goal of ending malar…
In a new learning paper published today, Malaria Consortium reviews the effectiveness of upSCALE, a community digital health platform implemented in Mozambique. Over a four-year period, upSCALE proved to be a supportive, agile pla…
Globally, Cameroon is among the 15 highest burden malaria countries, with three percent of all global malaria cases and three percent of malaria deaths in 2019; this represents the third highest number of malaria cases in Central …
Alongside the announcement of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework for the allocation of limited malaria vaccine supply published earlier this week, Malaria Consortium published Vaccines: The cornerstone of diseas…
Malaria Consortium’s Board of Trustees is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr James Kananura Tibenderana as its new Chief Executive who will succeed Malaria Consortium’s current Chief Executive Charles Nelson w…
The supply of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) medicines needs to be synchronised to prevent high levels of ACT misuse in Nigeria, a new study has found. Malaria Consortium researchers …
In a new paper published in PLOS Digital Health, researchers highlight how early adoption of digital molecular diagnostics – small electronic tools that analyse samples and give a diagnosis for infectious diseases – co…
Yesterday, over US$4 billion in funding was committed to ending malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) at a Summit co-convened by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Uniting to Combat NTDs. The Summit, held alongside th…
New research suggests that making use of practical experience can have a transformative effect on the success of malaria surveillance as a core intervention (SACI) in moderate to high malaria transmission countries. Malaria Consor…
A new initiative to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and referral of children with pneumonia in Chad was launched today at an event in N’Djamena. The event was attended by the Minister of Planning and National Ec…
Yesterday, Malaria Consortium’s Senior Country Technical Coordinator in Nigeria, Olusola Oresanya, joined civil society representatives at a roundtable convened by Action for Global Health (AfGH) and the UK Government’…
On 3 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new malaria chemoprevention guidelines. While previous WHO policy recommendations provided specific guidance on how chemoprevention interventions should be implemented, th…
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria hosted its 33rd meeting of the Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation Reference Group (SMERG) from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. Discussions focused on ways to streamline surveillan…
Yesterday, the Virtual Microbiology and Infectious Disease Summit 2022 hosted a selection of world-leading health experts in microbiology and infectious disease, presenting on a range of cutting-edge public health topics via live …
The UK government has this week published its International Development Strategy (IDS), detailing how the UK plans to take forward its strategic priorities to support low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the next 10 years.…
Malaria Consortium has recorded the highest COVID-19 vaccination coverage rates in South Sudan in their work supporting the National Ministry of Health’s roll out of the vaccine through the Health Pooled Fund (HPF) Programme…
The first of three malaria surveillance supplemental issues in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH) was published yesterday on World Malaria Day, exploring the importance of responsive surveillance –…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the expansion of its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme to include an implementation study that tests the intervention in South Sudan, marking the first time SMC will be used…
Malaria Consortium today announced a new research study to determine the burden of malaria and long-term complications following SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study follows previous ground-breaking Malaria Consortium research to dete…
Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Uganda National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) and Malaria Consortium have co-authored an opinion piece on future malaria modelling and policy shifts, w…
A new cost-effective decision-making tool can be used to quickly map out and prioritise regions for insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution, especially during public health emergencies and in resource-limited settings. Malaria …
The 21st meeting of the Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG), part of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Global Malaria Programme (GMP), took place virtually this week, from 23 to 24 March. The Group convened to discuss t…
Findings from an electronic Delphi (eDelphi) research prioritisation exercise conducted by The Every Breath Counts (EBC) Research Group between November 2019 to June 2021 have today been published in The Journal of Global Health, …
Earlier this week, African Heads of State and Government were urged to take decisive action if they are to be in with a chance of achieving the goal of eliminating malaria by 2030.
Meeting for the 35th Assembly of the African Uni…
After nine years Malaria Consortium Chief Executive Charles Nelson has confirmed plans to step down from the role in October 2022.
Charles Nelson joined Malaria Consortium in 2013, following previous positions with Me…
Results from a research study conducted by Malaria Consortium to improve the integration of neglected tropical disease (NTD) services into primary healthcare in Ethiopia show improvements in the capacity of primary healthcare to d…
To build on and boost gains made in Uganda’s mission to eradicate malaria, Malaria Consortium is implementing a new project – Supporting Uganda’s Malaria Reduction and Elimination Strategy (SUMRES) – over t…
Community health workers in rural Nigeria without formal medical education can successfully identify, treat and refer cases of malnutrition in children under five when using simplified tools and having received training, a study c…
Malaria Consortium researchers were part of a team assessing Ugandan health facilities’ capacity to provide quality malaria testing, care and treatment and found high malaria testing rates among those suspected to have malar…
Malaria Consortium has today begun the mass distribution of over seven million long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) to help reduce the burden of malaria in Nigeria. Two LLIN campaigns will distribute 3.3 million LLINs to …
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its World Malaria Report for 2021, assessing global and regional malaria trends over the last year and providing an opportunity to reflect on progress towards global targets.
T…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that our seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme has been awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for the sixth year in a row.
GiveWell, a US-based non-profit …
Malaria Consortium is drawing on its expertise in improving pneumonia case management to develop and operationalise pneumonia control strategies in Chad and Ethiopia. The project will support efforts to reduce the number of deaths…
Ground-breaking research conducted by Malaria Consortium found that low previous malaria exposure seems to be associated with more severe manifestations of COVID-19. The results, published in full in The Lancet Microbe today follo…
Today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that there is evidence to recommend that the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine should be provided to reduce malaria disease and burden in children living in sub-Saharan Africa. This re…
Malaria Consortium researchers, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme in Mozambique, have undertaken a phased implementation study in Nampula province to understand if seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) …
A seminal paper, published on 25 August in the New England Journal of Medicine, details results from a three-year trial to test the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 E malaria vaccine in combi…
Malaria Consortium is supporting Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme to deliver malaria interventions to help the country reach its goal of reducing the malaria burden to pre-elimination levels by 2025 - equatin…
Malaria Consortium is today celebrating the successful close of the United States Government (USG)-funded Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD), having achieved impressive results in improving the health status of the Uganda…
Malaria Consortium is delivering seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) across Borno state in northeast Nigeria to approximately two million children under five who would otherwise not have had access to the intervention due to a …
Frontline health workers who tested five different pulse oximeters to detect blood oxygen saturation in children under five at district hospitals in low resource hospitals, found that handheld oximeters are easy to use and a relia…
In a new perspective paper published in IntechOpen, Malaria Consortium experts outline the importance of surveillance systems that are able to adapt to changing circumstances as a crucial component to achieving resilient and …
Researchers testing a newly developed video-based reference tool to evaluate new automated respiratory rate (RR) diagnostic aids in children under five found that breathing measurements carried out by medical professionals using t…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the recent publication of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Toolkit by the SMC Alliance. The toolkit outlines a performance framework for SMC implementation …
Analysis of blood samples collected during the first nationwide Myanmar Malaria Indicator Survey using ultra-sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and serology testing uncovered a low-level national prevalence of asympt…
Scientists from the World Mosquito Programme have published new findings from research into the use of Wolbachia to control the spread of dengue via Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
The research, published recently in the New England Jo…
The results of ground-breaking research conducted by Malaria Consortium show that low previous malaria exposure is associated with more severe symptoms of COVID-19 and adverse outcomes compared with high exposure to malaria. Patie…
Pioneering secondary research by Malaria Consortium published in PLOS ONE explores the immune response and health outcomes of a simultaneous infection with malaria and the Ebola virus. Researchers found that more studies and analy…
Latest Malaria Consortium research published in Global Health: Science and Practice outlines how mobile malaria workers in Cambodia who are culturally embedded and trusted by communities contributed to a substantial increase in th…
Today marks the 15th annual World Malaria Day and provides an opportunity for the global community to reflect not only on the progress that’s been made but what more needs to be done – setting out where we need to focu…
A new case study from north-eastern Cambodia, published by Malaria Consortium in Malaria Journal, has underlined the need for tailored active case detection approaches in forest border areas in order to further plasmodium falcipar…
Malaria Consortium is drawing on its extensive experience delivering seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Sahel region of Africa, and its expertise in designing and implementing cutting edge research, to establish if SMC …
Recent findings published by Malaria Consortium highlight the importance of understanding community health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 and how this insight can be used, in particular through digital …
Malaria Consortium is pleased to join Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to further expand seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in five …
The latest Malaria Consortium webinar took place this week focusing on the rising global threat of mosquito-borne arboviruses.
The webinar, moderated by Malaria Consortium’s Senior Vector Control Specialist Dr Leo Braack, i…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to have been awarded Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status, making it one of only two international non-governmental organisations to hold this status in the UK. The IRO status recognises t…
The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) recently announced Malaria Consortium’s re-appointment as the host organisation for its Vector Control Working Group (VCWG), a key contributor towards achieving malaria el…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to receive continued support from Good Ventures, through Open Philanthropy, for its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme. This support means Malaria Consortium is able to continue to con…
Malaria Consortium is proud to continue its partnership with the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to continue the Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship for Entomology.
The scholarship for Entomology has been set up in the m…
London, 1 December 2020 – Malaria Consortium welcomes the latest World Malaria Report, which is published by the World Health Organization yesterday.
The report acknowledges that the last twenty years have been an unprecede…
Today’s announcement by the UK Government to reduce the proportion of Gross National Income spent on overseas aid from 0.7 percent to 0.5 percent will reverse huge gains made in recent years towards meeting global health goa…
GiveWell is a US-based non-profit organisation that conducts in-depth research to determine and recommend non-profit programmes that offer the most impact per dollar spent. Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemopreventi…
Malaria Consortium will be represented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The event, running from 15-19th November 2020, is being held virtually.
Our experts will present ne…
Despite concerns about widespread disruptions to interventions targeting some of the world’s deadliest diseases – including malaria – due to COVID-19, Malaria Consortium scaled up delivery of its life-saving seas…
Mozambique’s Ministry of Health officials met with staff from Malaria Consortium at a kick off meeting to launch an exciting new research study that could see further gains made towards malaria elimination in the country.
M…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the expansion of its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme to support implementation in Togo. Bringing extensive experience of SMC delivery, Malaria Consortium will support the …
Malaria Consortium was pleased to participate in a timely webinar earlier today: ‘Getting the most from seasonal malaria chemoprevention: New learnings from Niger, Nigeria and Benin’.
The webinar, orchestrated by Popu…
When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020, governments and organisations involved in the prevention and control of malaria had a choice to make – divert their attention from the diagnosis, control and preven…
Hosted by the Government of Vietnam, Malaria Week 2020 (7-11 September) brings together government officials and diverse partners to drive forward the elimination of malaria from Asia Pacific by 2030.
This year’s theme cent…
In 2018, Nigeria accounted for 25 percent of the world’s malaria cases and continues to have one of the highest burdens of malaria today. In a time of fear and disruption amidst COVID-19, there were serious concerns about ho…
On World Mosquito Day, Malaria Consortium calls for the international community to reflect on the devasting impact the mosquito has on global health. In 2018, there were over 228 million malaria cases throughout the world and a gl…
Malaria Consortium, in partnership with Mastercard Foundation, is developing the capacity of 33,000 frontline healthcare workers across 40 districts in Uganda to identify and safely treat cases of COVID-19, while continuing to del…
The first treatment cycle of the 2020 seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign is underway and Malaria Consortium is on course to reach 12 million children in Burkina Faso, Chad and Nigeria.
The life-saving intervention is…
Since 2017, seven exceptional students from across Africa and Asia have received Malaria Consortium’s Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship in Entomology. As many of the scholars’ studies have drawn to a close, they were given th…
Malaria Consortium is ensuring that around 12 million children under five will receive life-saving protection from malaria despite the COVID-19 pandemic as it prepares to deliver its seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programm…
Malaria Consortium is rapidly adapting its existing digital platform, upSCALE, to better support health workers’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. The changes include a dedicated education module, ta…
This ASEAN Dengue Day, Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the publication of a timely opinion paper on the world’s fastest growing vectorborne disease.
Dengue is on the rise, rapidly and widely across the planet, a…
Countries in the Asia Pacific region have done extremely well in achieving impressive levels of malaria reduction, but many still face the challenge of residual malaria. In the Greater Mekong Subregion, this largely occurs within …
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of an opinion paper exploring the impact climate change could have on global health.
This paper, Adapting to minimise the health impacts of climatic change, outlines some …
Protecting the world's most vulnerable people is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of life saving health services must not be interrupted however, especially at community level, if we are to avoid an increase in d…
The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) hosted the first webinar of its new ‘APMEN TechTalks’ series last week.
APMEN TechTalks is a series of webinars to provide a platform for discussing technical topic…
More than 1,000 bicycles are being given out free of charge to Village Health Team (VHT) coordinators in Uganda as part of Malaria Consortium’s Strengthening Uganda’s Response to Malaria (SURMa) project.
The bicycles …
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of a global operational guidance document on implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the context of COVID-19. The guide, which is available in English and Fr…
This World Immunisation Week, Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the publication of a timely opinion paper on a key global health priority – vaccination.
The paper, Vaccines: Tackling the world’s deadliest di…
This World Malaria Day – 25th April 2020 – Malaria Consortium is focusing on malaria in pregnancy. Not enough is being done to protect pregnant women and their unborn babies from malaria.
According to the 2019 W…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new animated film on malaria in pregnancy. The film highlights the dangers of malaria in pregnancy, and what needs to be done to protect pregnant women from th…
Protecting the vulnerable
Along with governments and global health organisations the world over, Malaria Consortium is committed to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. It is our mission to protect the most vulnerable, and COVID-19 is…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the publication of an opinion paper on a key threat to global health – antimicrobial resistance.
The paper, Antimicrobial resistance: A growing threat to global health, highlights…
The number of children set to receive seasonal malaria chemoprevention in 2020 will exceed 30 million for the first time, according to the latest figures presented by national malaria programmes at a global planning and review mee…
A film that showcases Malaria Consortium’s Strengthening Uganda’s Response to Malaria project has been shortlisted for the 2020 Charity Film Awards.
The Charity Film Awards celebrate the effective use of video by the …
Malaria Consortium will be presenting this week at the inaugural Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia, which runs from 29 to 31 January in Barcelona.
The Global Forum aims to ensure that pneumonia – the single biggest infect…
Strong and effective surveillance is fundamental to achieving malaria elimination. Malaria Consortium’s new animation explains the need to strengthen surveillance systems to collect timely and quality data on disease prevale…
Women and men both face gender-related challenges in getting treated for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, a new article in the PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases journal reveals.
Around the world, women and girls suffer a g…
Your gift to Malaria Consortium this Giving Tuesday will help transform lives across Africa and Asia.
We work closely with national governments to deliver projects that tackle some of the world’s biggest killers, including …
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce that our seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme has been awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for the fourth year in a row.
GiveWell is a US-based non-prof…
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 68th Annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting this week. We will also be exhibiting at booth 419 during the conference so please come …
Abuja, 22 October 2019 – Central Africa is fighting to maintain momentum in its battle with malaria in the face of other health challenges, climate change and other threats, according to a new report issued at an RBM Partner…
Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programme is mostly funded by philanthropic donors. Their generous support enables us to provide life-saving antimalarial medication to millions of children across …
London, 31 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of a three-year project entitled “Strengthening malaria surveillance for data-driven decision making in Mozambique”.
The project, which…
London, 30 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign has begun across three countries in the Sahel region of Africa.
Over the next four months, the campaign will distribute preventive …
London, 1 July 2019 – Malaria Consortium premiered its new film last week on tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh.
The film focuses on the use of the Community Dialogue Approach in order to engage rural communiti…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the news that the UK Government has pledged up to £1.4 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s sixth replenishment. This marks an increase from the UK’s pl…
London, 25 June 2019 – Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the publication of a research paper on pneumonia diagnostics in the open access eClinical Medicine journal, owned by The Lancet.
The paper is based on researc…
A new report to help inform domestic and donor decisions and commitments relating to malaria elimination in the face of increasing challenges, was launched today in Bangkok to mark World Malaria Day on 25 April. Malaria Futures fo…
Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive Mr. Charles Nelson attended a signing ceremony extending the Memorandum of Understanding for partnership with Mahidol University in Thailand for the next 10 years. The shared aims include…
The first meeting of the Every Breath Counts Research Group was held on the afternoon of the 20th March, 2019 at the Malaria Consortium office in London. Every Breath Counts is the world’s first public-private partnership to…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of Support to National Malaria Programme 2 in Nigeria (SuNMaP 2).
The five-year programme, funded by the UK Government through UK aid, will see Malaria Consortium working with …
Takalani Makhanthisa, a recipient of Malaria Consortium’s Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology in 2018, has won the award for best poster at the 4th Southern African Malaria Research Conference held at the National Inst…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce that its seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme has been awarded ‘top charity’ status by GiveWell for the third year in a row.
GiveWell is a US-based non-profit organisa…
World Malaria Report 2018: urgent action needed to reach global targets
The latest World Malaria Report, published today by the World Health Organization, shows that malaria cases have increased for the second consecutive year, w…
A film documenting Malaria Consortium’s iCCM-MaCS project in southern Uganda has been nominated in the Charity Film Awards. It is the latest in a line of Malaria Consortium films to be submitted to the awards, and unde…
More than 70 participants attended a meeting to discuss the annual review of the upSCALE project, carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Heath of Cabo Delgado in partnership with Malaria Consortium, two years after the launc…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Principles for Digital Development. This set of nine guidelines, designed by an international working group, promotes best practice in international development digi…
More than 500 delegates attended the 9th Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) annual Conference in Addis Ababa last week, for which the overarching theme was reaching ‘the last billion’ people affected by negle…
Malaria Consortium convened a successful two-day symposium on malaria surveillance in Maputo, Mozambique this week, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme. The symposium brought together major stakeholders se…
The continuing partnership between Malaria Consortium and Mahidol University has seen two new students receive the Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship in Entomology.
Shobiechah Aldillah Wulandhari, a national of Indonesia, and Kiattiyos R…
Another rainy season brings malaria preventive treatment to children
July 2018 marks the fourth year Malaria Consortium will provide preventive treatments to children under five to protect them from malaria during the rainy seaso…
The first stage of a new pilot intervention to detect, manage and record neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at primary healthcare level in Ethiopia has been completed, resulting in the training of approximately 100 health workers.…
Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme (SMC) is top-rated by GiveWell for the project’s evidence of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, transparency and room for additional funding. This evaluat…
As the world’s youngest nation makes headway in attaining universal health coverage, Malaria Consortium is the first organisation to implement a new initiative in South Sudan.
The Boma Health Initiative (BHI) is a new natio…
A new project starting in Bangladesh will help combat the growing global threat of antibiotic resistance. The new study will develop, adapt and pilot-test the comm…
“Getting good data on malaria is essential. Like a puzzle, each piece fits together to help experts understand trends such as how many people are getting sick and how many have died.” - WHO
This year the World Health …
On 18th April, a landmark £2.9bn ($4.1bn) commitment was made to invest in ridding the Commonwealth of malaria.
The collective commitments were made at the Malaria Summit London 2018, held the day before the Commonwealth He…
Field trials conducted in Ethiopia and the DRC, with approximately 8,000 participants across the two studies, suggest that uncomplicated fever can be safely managed with conditional, rather than universal, three-day follow-up. Thi…
Dakar, 16 April 2018 – “It isn’t every day that you get to reflect upon two decades of progress and challenges in the fight against malaria, surrounded by all the key stakeholders that are needed to sustain the g…
From 2012 to 2016 in Mozambique, Malaria Consortium developed and tested a mobile-phone based application to increase community health workers’ capacity to manage clinical cases better. The app reinforces their connection to…
On November 17th, 2017, Chad was the last country to complete the 2017 SMC round. This marked the last ‘implementation’ day of the ACCESS-SMC project, which is scheduled to end on February 28th, 2018. Through ACCESS-SM…
Two successful applicants receive Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship in Nigeria
A partnership between Malaria Consortium and the University of Nigeria at Nsukka has seen two successful applicants for the Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship in Ent…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to have been named a GiveWell top charity for our seasonal malaria chemoprevention programme for a second year running.
GiveWell is a non-profit dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunitie…
The latest World Health Organization’s annual World Malaria Report indicates that, unlike previous years, the number of malaria cases has increased by an estimated five million more cases in 2016 compared to 2015. This shock…
For many marginalised and vulnerable populations, access to quality healthcare remains out of reach, despite overall global health progress. “There are 400 million people worldwide who do not have access,” said…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to be part of a new research project in rural Cambodia led by the University of Leeds to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans and animals and the impact this is having on antibiotic…
In this interview, Al Jazeera’s Julie McDonald speaks with Malaria Consortium’s Technical Director James Tibenderana on how seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an effective method to prevent malaria in children…
Just a few days ahead of World Pneumonia Day on 12 November, Radio Miraya, a radio station owned and operated by the UN Mission in South Sudan interviewed Malaria Consortium acting Country Director, Denis Mubiru. Dr Mubiru talked…
Two films produced by Malaria Consortium have been nominated in the Charity Film Awards.
‘The time to invest is now: fighting malaria in the Sahel’ and ‘Expanding the role of malaria volunteers to tackle childho…
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 66th Annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in Baltimore.
We hope that you will be able to join us to learn more about our projects and …
A new malaria post, designed to facilitate ongoing efforts to diagnose and treat malaria in hard-to-reach areas, has been established in Preah Vihear, Cambodia - a high transmission risk area along the border with Thailand.
The r…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to be part of a major project, called PMI VectorLink, led by Abt Associates that has been awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the U.S. President&rsqu…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce a two-year extension to the COMDIS-HSD Research Programme Consortium (RPC). This project began in 2011 and has already concluded successful research and interventions in Mozambique, Myanma…
Malaria Consortium is proud to be continuing its partnership with the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to further Dr Sylvia Meek’s legacy through the Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology.
The Scholarship for …
Village health team members from 43 communities in Iyolwa, a sub-county in eastern Uganda, received brand new bicycles this month thanks to our recent fundraising campaign. Malaria Consortium launched the campaign earlier this yea…
A new campaign to motivate caregivers to prevent malaria in Ugandan communities was launched today. USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts has designed the campaign strategy, which will disseminate malaria prevention m…
Malaria Consortium and Mahidol University set up an entomology scholarship in memory of Dr Sylvia Meek, former Malaria Consortium Technical Director, to honour her outstanding work to help reduce the impact of vector borne disease…
For people living in Ethiopia, where malaria is endemic, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are an important tool for preventing malaria. LLINs, like diagnosis and treatment for malaria in public health facilities, are provide…
Malaria Consortium announced the results from its project introducing integrated community case management (iCCM), which includes diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition at a dissemination event t…
Community-based primary healthcare has potential for delivering health services to hard-to-reach and under-served communities, and for achieving the Global Goals on health, says a new report published by Malaria Consortium
Despit…
Malaria Consortium is proud to announce its partnership with the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to continue Dr Sylvia Meek’s legacy through the Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology.
The Scholarship for Entomolog…
Malaria Consortium is proud to announce its partnership with University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to continue Dr Sylvia Meek’s legacy through the Dr Sylvia Meek Scholarship for Entomology.
The Scholarship for Entomology has been …
The Roll Back Malaria Social and Behaviour Change Working Group (SBCC WG) hosted its fourth annual meeting in Tanzania from the 11th-13th of July. Close to 100 participants from 20 countries gathered this year to discuss trending …
We are delighted to announce that Malaria Consortium Uganda has received an award at this year’s African Excellence Awards.
The African Excellence Awards were set up to acknowledge ‘the most outstanding achievements o…
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Malaria Consortium technical experts led the submission of a recently published peer-reviewed article on malaria surveillance strengthening in Cambodia through an upgraded web-based malaria information system (MIS).
T…
Malaria Consortium is proud to announce its partnership with Mahidol University’s Faculty of Tropical Medicine (FTM) in Bangkok to continue Sylvia Meek’s legacy through the Dr Sylvia Meek FTM Scholarship for Entomology…
Malaria Consortium has successfully completed a mass distribution campaign of over four million long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) across Nampula and Niassa provinces in Mozambique. The nets were distributed almost simul…
Malaria Consortium technical specialists have contributed to a unique published peer-reviewed article on pneumonia diagnostic tool preferences from both end users and procurers. The existing knowledge base on the views of th…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the newly elected Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was elected during the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva this week. Dr Tedros succeeds Dr…
A joint statement from the leading UK aid organisations* said:
"It's encouraging that three major parties have committed to maintain the UK's spending on international aid. The UK's promise to help the world's poorest people make…
Malaria Consortium has officially signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Public Health and Ministry of Health and Sports Myanmar, paving the way for future collaboration and project implementation.
The ag…
Today marks exactly one year since the tragic loss of Malaria Consortium’s Global Technical Director and co-founder, Dr Sylvia Meek.
Losing Sylvia when she was still such an indomitable intellectual force – one that…
On Tuesday 25 April, Malaria Consortium recognised World Malaria Day. This year featured many engaging and colourful events and ceremonies around the organisation. See a few of our favourite moments here.
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Today marks the 11th annual World Malaria Day and an opportunity to consider the progress made reducing the malaria burden.
It is a well acknowledged fact that malaria reduction represents one of the most successful achievements …
Today, the UK’s leading aid organisations are calling on all major political parties to honour the nation’s legal promise to spend 0.7% of gross national income on aid, and extend the UK’s leadership in promoting…
Under the motto "Leave Malaria Out", Mozambique’s Niassa Province is preparing a large scale long lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) distribution campaign. The campaign will deliver over one million LLINs to over 480,000 famili…
At a joint meeting of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Malaria and NTDs and Population and Development to mark International Women’s Day, Malaria Consortium gave a presentation on how text messages could help increa…
From May to August 2016 Malaria Consortium conducted an endline survey designed to evaluate the coverage and use of malaria preventive interventions and case management practices among those living in malaria endemic regions in Th…
Malaria Consortium trustee, Professor Sir Brian Greenwood, talks to meta-charity, GiveWell, on the potential resistance of antimalarial drugs currently used for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
The discussion highlights the unce…
Malaria Consortium’s project ‘Implementing integrated vector management for dengue control’ has won the Break Dengue Community Action Prize at the ISNTD Festival in London. The jury selected the project…
In February 2017, Malaria Consortium was invited to the Alliance for Malaria Prevention’s (AMP) annual partners meeting in Geneva to share lessons learnt from a net distribution pilot project in Mozambique. The pilot impleme…
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In recent years we have seen incredible progress in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTD), but with the elimination of 10 NTDs on the agenda, we need …
Two Malaria Consortium technical experts will present on two key aspects of the organisation’s research at the 2017 Malaria: From Innovation to Eradication (MalERA) conference, co-organised by Keystone Symposia and Mal…
Apac district, Uganda - A campaign to distribute 24 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) across Uganda was officially launched in a ceremony held today in the Apac district, in the Northern Region of the coun…
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Malaria Consortium’s Global Technical Director Dr James Tibenderana speaks to PoliticsHome about the challenges we face in the fight against infectious diseases.
Comba…
Five moments fighting neglected tropical diseases
On 30 January 2012, leaders in global health and development met in London to pledge their support for the World Health Organization’s ambitious plan to control, eradicate o…
Malaria Consortium welcomes today’s announcement of the launch of the End Malaria Council which aims to ensure malaria eradication remains a top global priority.
The Council was convened by Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill …
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A group of experts met last week to launch a report from the World Health Organisation and to talk about how best to stamp out the disease.
2016 has been a “tr…
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This month, experts and Members of Parliament discussed how best to tackle the growing threat of dengue fever.
“Looking at dengue makes the fight against malaria seem…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 highlights that there has been a significant improvement in access to effective malaria-fighting interventions. However, gaps in coverage remain in high ma…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the newly published Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews from the Department for International Development (DFID), which recognise the incredible impact UK aid has made around the world.
The …
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at this year’s Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM) in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference will be held from December 7-9 with the theme ‘Uncov…
Malaria Consortium has demonstrated the effectiveness of a novel yet low-cost and home-grown solution to dengue control that has the potential for wide scale application in Cambodia. This is great news for a country that has one o…
Today, Malaria Consortium is delighted to be positioned as a GiveWell top recommended charity.
GiveWell is a world-renowned meta-NGO that recommends charities by assessing them on four criteria: effectiveness, cost-effectiv…
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Malaria Consortium’s new report on the under-reported spread of dengue calls for greater focus and funding to tackle this growing public health threat
Dengue f…
Malaria Consortium’s new report on the under-reported spread of dengue calls for greater focus and funding to tackle this growing public health threat
Dengue fever, a viral neglected tropical disease (NTD) that is spread by…
Malaria Consortium Cambodia is delighted to have received the best e-poster discussion award for its integrated vector management for dengue control project at the 8th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in Bangkok.
&…
Maputo, 17 November 2016 – A community dialogue approach to the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis, one of a group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), has successfully increased community ownership of this health…
On this World Pneumonia Day, Malaria Consortium is proud to announce a new project in the fight against one of the leading causes of child mortality: pneumonia
London, 12 November 2016 - Malaria Consortium is working with UNICEF&…
Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th annual meeting from November 13 – 17. The annual meeting, to be held in Atlanta, USA draws tropical medicine and g…
The fourth Global Health System Research Symposium will commence Monday with the theme ‘resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world’. The symposium will include over one hundred 90-minute concurrent se…
On November 15 Malaria Consortium is leading the Pneumonia Symposium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 65th annual meeting. The symposium will present recent research results designed to enhance glob…
The implementation of a large-scale distribution of 2.8 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLIN) in northern Mozambique will be officially launched today by President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi. LLIN distribution on such a s…
A recently implemented community dialogue approach to the prevention of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Nampula, Mozambique, has improved knowledge and increased community ownership of health issues, a preliminary evaluation…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Marcel Tanner as Chair of the Board of Trustees. His appointment comes following a transition from the previous Chair, Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt, who steps down a…
October 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh - “I want to thank Malaria Consortium for giving us their brains.”
So said Professor Dr. A K M Shamsuzzaman, Director of the Disease Control and Line Director, Communicable Disease Cont…
Malaria Consortium is engaging in an exciting opportunity in Myanmar to demonstrate that community-based health services can be truly effective against childhood diseases.
Co-funded by UK Aid and Vitol Foundation, Malaria Consort…
Malaria Consortium is delighted to announce that we have entered into a new eight month cooperative agreement worth US $1.2 million to expand our successful community-based mobile health (mHealth) system in Cabo Delgado, Mozambiqu…
Community Health Workers (CHW) play a key role in the ACCESS-SMC campaigns, each of them administering life-saving preventive malaria treatment to hundreds of children every day.
As CHWs, most of the people participating in the d…
[{dx-module-home_justgiving}] When your child is sick from a fever, vomiting or suffering from dehydration from constant diarrhoea, you need to seek urgent medical help. If you live in a rural area with no transport, you need that…
Donors met at the fifth replenishment conference of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on 16-17 September in Montreal, Canada to pledge US$12.9 billion to fight the three targeted diseases. This historic finan…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that it has been selected to implement USAID/PMI’s Uganda’s Malaria Action Program for Districts Project. The contract is valued at over US$41 million and will run for a period…
As part of the 2016 ACCESS-SMC campaign, more than 30 million SMC treatments will be distributed to over six million children, living in seven countries[1] across the Sahel region. Distributions have now begun in almost all of the…
Malaria is one of the most significant health threats in Ethiopia where, in spite of available preventive measures, many people remain unsure of the ways to protect themselves from the threat of this disease. Thanks to Malaria Con…
Malaria is one of the leading causes of sickness and death for children under five in Ethiopia, with the disease particularly prevalent in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). In this region, in spi…
During a recent visit to the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia, Malaria Consortium teams visited the Meja Primary School to hear how our awareness raising project has improved both health seeki…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the findings of a new report by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC) into the effectiveness of the UK Department for International Development’s (DFID) programmes in…
Mozambique still faces major challenges in reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality, despite making significant progress over the past decade. Because so many children live beyond the periphery of the health system, pri…
Malaria Consortium is the lead partner of the Achieving catalytic expansion of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel (ACCESS-SMC) project, which supports National Malaria Control Programmes in the Sahel regi…
In March 2016 Malaria Consortium Advocacy Manager Alex Hulme visited Cambodia to collect a case study of our "integrated vector management for dengue control in Cambodia" project. Whilst there, he spoke with community health volun…
On 9th June, Malaria Consortium ran a symposium in London entitled Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
In the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa, the risk of malaria increases w…
In 2015, the ACCESS-SMC project pioneered SMC delivery at scale, providing lifesaving preventive malaria treatment to 3.2 million children under five in seven countries across the Sahel.
In Nigeria ACCESS-SMC is being imple…
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Strong health systems are critical to international efforts to tackle emerging health emergencies, such as Ebola and Zika.
Global health emergencies have barely been out o…
Abuja, Nigeria – “Mortality rates in those states where we ran our severe malaria project fell from 25 to just one percent. These results are, in part, due to the project and show that the use of injectable artesunate …
To mark ASEAN Dengue Day, Malaria Consortium promoted a short animation called ‘Dengue: A silent issue and a growing problem’.
Dengue is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world, spreading from nine…
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Malaria Consortium welcomes the high level of support for the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 percent of GNI on aid, seen at the Westminster Hall debate in pa…
London, 9 June – “With the recent scale-up of the seasonal malaria chemoprevention approach, we know from research that in the Sahel region we can reduce the number of children under five who are falling sick or dying …
Dengue is a rapidly growing viral infection spread by the same species of mosquito as the Zika virus. Prior to 1970, only nine countries had witnessed epidemics – now that number stands at over 100. Typically found in tropic…
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"We need a scaling up of domestic and international resources" to end malaria, says Malaria Consortium.
Fifteen years ago, malaria killed a child every 30 seconds. Un…
It is with deep sorrow that we must announce the passing of Dr Sylvia Meek, Malaria Consortium’s Global Technical Director, on 11th May 2016, after an 18-month battle with cancer.
Sylvia’s contribution to the fight ag…
On March 15, 2016, Malaria Consortium hosted a workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to disseminate the preliminary results of our multi-country pneumonia diagnostics research project. The research aims to identify the most accurate a…
This year’s World Malaria Day, held on April 25th, saw Malaria Consortium engage in a diverse range of activities in many of our countries. The commemorative day, which was established by the United Nations in 2007, provides…
As the 2016 SMC campaign approaches, it is essential that all stakeholders are mobilized and are involved in the process of microplanning. This ensures the successful roll out of the SMC intervention, and in turn guarantees that a…
In 2015, Burkina Faso implemented seasonal malaria chemoprevention in 11 health districts during the months of August, September, October and November thanks to the ACCESS-SMC project and with the technical support of Malaria Cons…
As we prepare to embark upon the second season of SMC distribution as part of the ACCESS-SMC project, Malaria Consortium will hold the first ACCESS-SMC symposium: Transforming the malaria landscape in the Sahel: Seasonal malaria c…
Following the last SMC cycle in 2015, research groups in each of the 7 ACCESS-SMC countries undertook household surveys to collect information on SMC doses received each month. The surveys also gathered information about adherence…
Malaria is a major public health problem with about 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world's population, at risk from this disease. In 2015, 214 million cases of malaria and 438, 000 deaths were recorded worldw…
In South Sudan, Malaria Consortium saves lives by preventing and treating malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition
The approach
Since 2009, Malaria Consortium has been implementing a programme for the integrated communi…
Have you ever wondered what a campaign to deliver over 15 million SMC treatments to over 3 million children, across 7 countries looks like?
The videos below will give you a glimpse into what it is like to roll out such a large sc…
London, 25 April 2016 – “Significant progress in malaria control and elimination has been made between 2000 and now, with malaria mortality rates falling by 60 percent and over 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. This …
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As we mark World Malaria Day on the 25 April, Malaria Consortium calls on the UK to place strengthening disease surveillance systems to find and treat every malaria case at…
Extending access, and increasing use, of mosquito nets amongst those most at risk from malaria – pregnant women and children under the age of five – has been a significant factor contributing to a massive decrease in m…
Cape Town, 21 April 2015 – “We are delighted to have been chosen for the ‘Change Communication’ award. We hope that this campaign approach can inspire other public health campaigns to engage the private sec…
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Whilst cases of malaria are finally on the decline, Malaria Consortium argues a long-term global programme is needed to quell dengue fever, one of the fastest growing infect…
Malaria Consortium hosted a dissemination workshop on our pneumonia diagnostics work in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which seeks to identify the most accurate and user-friendly tools for diagnosing pneumonia symptoms in …
Malaria Consortium has recently published a paper in Malaria Journal which describes our experiences carrying out an innovative approach to malaria control in Cambodia. Originally used to improve nutrition outcomes in the 1970s, &…
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 17 infectious diseases that can be devastating to those they affect – mainly people in poor and remote communities with limited access to healthcare. Many NTDs can be managed…
Accurate estimation of the quantity of SP+AQ, currently the recommended SMC medicine, is one of the critical supply chain management functions needed to ensure that all eligible children receive this lifesaving treatment. Inaccura…
As ACCESS-SMC countries [1] prepare for the launch of the 2016 SMC campaign, during which twice as many children will benefit from the lifesaving preventive treatment, they were given the opportunity to reflect on lessons learned …
Malaria Consortium, together with Montrose, has developed an interactive online malaria guide for the private sector in the Asia-Pacific region. This guide will help companies manage the detrimental effects – both human and …
Abuja, 16 February 2016 - SuNMaP, the Support to National Malaria Programme, has come to an end after eight years of working to improve Nigeria’s health system. Today – on the first of a two-day event in Abuja, Nigeria…
Malaria Consortium is attending the first International Summit on Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) from February 8-10 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference will bring together leading experts of the SBCC approac…
The World Health Organization has declared the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in Latin American countries a public health emergency. The mosquito-borne disease, which carries symptoms such as mild fever and joint pains, has rec…
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Malaria Consortium welcomes five-year £3 billion commitment to fight malaria and calls for other countries to follow the UK's lead.
“Malaria Consortium wel…
COMDIS-HSD, a Research Programme Consortium (RPC), which conducts operational research to improve health service delivery for underserved populations, released its annual review today. The review highlights the RPC’s achieve…
For the 25 million children who live across Africa’s Sahel region, the rainy season produces a seasonal surge in sickness and death from malaria. The World Health Organization thus recommends seasonal malaria chemopreve…
This month (December) we celebrate Universal Health Coverage day and recognize that health is not a privilege but a human right. Universal Health Coverage makes health care more accessible, more equitable, and more effective and A…
For its first Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in history, Guinea scored exceptional coverage rates of 96%. In spite of the Ebola pandemic which ravaged the country in 2014 and 2015, the Government, the National Mal…
There is growing awareness of the public health benefits of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC). When used alongside other preventive methods, SMC can prevent up to 75% of malaria cases, however the implementation of an SMC cam…
Malaria remains a major public health problem in Chad, where this disease is responsible for 37% of medical consultations and the cause of death for countless children.
To fight against this scourge, the new approach of Seasonal …
An estimated 400 million people across the world do not have access to essential basic health services and every year, 100 million of these people fall into poverty as they struggle to pay for healthcare.
Malaria is one of the le…
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As UHC Day 2015 approaches, Malaria Consortium calls on the UK Government to show its commitment to achieving Universal Health Coverage
Saturday 12th December will mark the…
Universal health coverage (UHC) means that every person, everywhere, has access to quality health services without suffering financial hardship.
As we celebrate universal health coverage day and advocate for health services to be…
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EU parliamentarians, development specialists, international organisations and diplomats discussed how the EU could help in the fight against malariaat a panel discussion i…
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What is the role of policy makers in filling the global healthcare shortage?
There is a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers worldwide – and this…
Malaria Consortium staff are presenting at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2015 (JITMM 2015) from December 2-4. The annual conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, brings together researchers, policymakers, practit…
Malaria is a serious public health concern in Nigeria, accounting for 30 percent of all childhood deaths.
The entire Nigerian population is at risk of malaria all year round, but in the Sahel region of northern Nigeria, this risk…
Malaria Consortium has welcomed the UK’s announcement of a new £1 billion fund which will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases. However, in order to see an end to this deadl…
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Malaria Consortium welcomes yesterday's announcement by Chancellor George Osborne and Bill Gates that they are to join forces as part of the global effort to end m…
Malaria Consortium, in collaboration with the Principal Recipient Administrative Office and the Bureau of Vector Borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Thailand Ministry of Public Health, recently organised a workshop to s…
Last month, Malaria Consortium – in partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/President’s Malaria Initiative …
Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November 2015 – Following the first ever seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) distribution programme in areas of Katsina state, northern Nigeria, reported malaria cases in children under five dropped by …
October 2015 - Pailin Province in Cambodia has been experiencing a signficant increase in dengue cases, with confirmed outbreaks in six villages. According to a national report in July and August 2015, there have already been…
In September, Malaria Consortium launched the second phase of its cross-border project in Stung Treng province, Cambodia. This new study will build on the work of a project that ended last year, which investigated the impact of mo…
To mark the launch of a new series of advocacy briefs, the first of which is on the topic of malaria diagnostics, Malaria Consortium’s Senior Public Health Diagnostics Specialist, Elizabeth Streat, discusses why the universa…
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Malaria Consortium backs Jeremy Lefroy MPs call for the Government to maintain funding commitments to combat malaria and neglected tropical diseases, warning that the thre…
This week, Malaria Consortium is presenting at the 64th annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia. Our symposiums and interactive presentations will cover a number of topics rang…
Myanmar, 1 October - Almost 50 local community volunteers gathered in Hinthada district, in the Ayeyarwady Region, to attend a two-day refresher training on dengue prevention and control organised by Malaria Consortium as part of …
Rochom Wart is one of 65 village malaria workers (VMWs) in Cambodia, who has been trained to also detect the signs and symptoms of pneumonia in children under five years using special new diagnostic tools.
The new devices - pulse…
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Charles Nelson, the Chief Executive of non-profit organisation Malaria Consortium, sets out the challenges governments will face when implementing the Sustainable Developmen…
Following the release of findings in the Journal Nature yesterday highlighting the effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa, between 2000 and 2015, the BBC World Service interviewed Malaria Consortium Developme…
“We already have the tools available to prevent anyone dying from malaria and evidence shows that the global commitment to defeat this disease has made a significant impact.” Charles Nelson, Malaria Consortium Chief Ex…
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The organisation calls for urgent political and financial support of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to protect children from malaria 'when they are most at risk.'
…During August, an evaluation team from the UK Department for International Development (DfID) met with stakeholders and partners in Nigeria as part of its annual programme review of ‘Support to National Malaria Programme in …
Sheema, Uganda, 25 August 2015 – Today, the Ugandan President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched a new Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) programme funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria…
In the continued fight against malaria, there is increased recognition of the need to tailor interventions to suit local conditions and specific contexts. For the 25 million children aged 3-59 months who live in areas across the S…
Early August saw the start of the first nationwide malaria survey of its kind in Myanmar, where the spread of drug resistance to antimalarial drugs is a growing obstacle to the elimination of the disease. The Malaria Indicator Sur…
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five in both Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. A large number of the children who die from pneumonia do so as a result of inappropriate treatment due to misdia…
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Malaria Consortium was disappointed to read the criticism of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in The Times and Daily Mail today.
The Globa…
Today Malaria Consortium launches its website for the UNITAID funded project, Achieving catalytic expansion of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in the Sahel (ACCESS-SMC), bringing seasonal malaria chemoprevention to children …
The Third International Conference on Financing for Development kicked off today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together top-level officials and representatives to plan for the next 15 years of development under the Sustainabl…
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As world leaders meet for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, Malaria Consortium details the compelling case for investment in malaria.
This we…
Over 2.5 billion people – approximately 40 percent of the world’s population – are now at risk from dengue, with over 125 countries being infected annually. It is globally a neglected disease, yet causes a signif…
“The increase in country leadership of NTD control is critical for success and is highly reassuring,” said Sylvia Meek, Technical Director of Malaria Consortium. “However, we need to go further. We need to engage…
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Malaria Consortium welcome Patrick Gradys comments on the Sustainable Development Goals, and support his call for a last big effort from all stakeholders to reinforce som…
Over the last 15 years, increased global investment in fighting malaria has contributed substantially to reduction in the prevalence of the disease in endemic countries around the world. With the development of new technologies an…
The Group of 7 (G7), which consists of representatives from the leading world powers, met at their annual summit meeting from 7-8 June 2015 to discuss a variety of key global challenges. Amongst these was a recognition of the glob…
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A strong commitment at the G7 Summit will provide the catalyst to defeat these diseases of poverty, says Baroness Hayman.
When the G7 leaders meet in Germany this week ther…
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Ahead of World Malaria Day 2015, Malaria Consortium urges the next government to remain committed to defeating this deadly disease.
Each year, World Malaria Day serves as a…
In partnership with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), and with funding support from the President’s Malaria Initiative, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Three Millennium Development Goa…
The 28th Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) board meeting, held on the eve of the World Health Assembly, used the opportunity to endorse the Action and Investment to Defeat Malaria 2016-2030 (AIM), which complements the World Hea…
“This World Malaria Day, we call for efforts to rid the world of malaria to be stepped up, focusing first on ending all deaths from malaria. This can be done very effectively with the tools we have already, but this will onl…
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Malaria Consortium are proud to announce the launch of the first in a new series of short advocacy animations relating to areas of our work.
The spread of drug resis…
“The issue of drug resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion is an urgent one. We need to see every case as an emergency and to act quickly. Our most effective drugs are under threat and the only way to address this …
On the occasion of World Malaria Day 2015 (commemorated annually on 25 April), Malaria Consortium, in partnership with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, will be hosting a panel discussion in Br…
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The Malaria Consortium welcomes the news that International Development Act has received Royal Assent.
Malaria Consortium welcomes the passing of the International Developm…
This month marked the completion of the Stop Malaria Project, which had been running across Uganda for six years.
Funded by USAID/President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and led by Johns Hopkins University Center for Communica…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Comic Relief has awarded us a grant to run a new project in midwestern Uganda focusing on reducing deaths from pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria in children under five, as well as…
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Today is Red Nose Day, marking the culmination of Comic ReliefsOperation Healthproject in Uganda. The project, which began nine weeks ago, saw the reconstruction and reno…
Malaria Consortium’s Pioneer project was a five-year initiative in Uganda that reduced the malaria burden in the country using a variety of effective methods. Take a look at the gallery below to learn more about t…
Amid signs of progress in the fight against NTDs, the UK Coalition against NTDs calls for the momentum to be sustained and investment increased
Today the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Disease (AP…
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Amid signs of progress in the fight against NTDs, the UK Coalition against NTDs calls for the momentum to be sustained and investment increased
Today the All-Party P…
The spread of drug resistant malaria threatens to undermine the excellent progress made in recent years to tackle this disease. This is an issue of international importance as if drug resistant malaria spreads to Africa the impact…
Malaria Consortium welcomes Bill & Melinda Gates’ continued commitment to reduce poverty related deaths by tackling infectious diseases and other childhood illness.
Today’s release of the Bill & Melinda …
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Malaria Consortium welcomes Bill Melinda Gates continued commitment to reduce poverty related deaths by tackling infectious diseases and other childhood illness.
Tod…
Malaria Consortium welcomes the UN Secretary General’s synthesis report as an important contribution to the post-2015 negotiation process. It is crucial that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) both continue with the un…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to release a new Learning Paper on developing a long lasting insecticidal net retail (LLIN) market in Nigeria, highlighting how the commercial sector can help to expand the coverage of nets in Nigeria…
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With drug-resistant malaria spreading in Southeast Asia, Malaria Consortium calls for the international community to accelerate efforts to eliminate the disease.
Progress i…
The World Malaria Report 2014 shares the good news, but warns the fight is far from over
The World Malaria Report 2014, released today by the World Health Organization, was launched in the UK Parliament in the presence of the Duk…
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(London) Malaria Consortium welcomes the release of the World Health Organizations 2014 World Malaria Report today and the encouraging news it delivers on the progress ma…
Malaria Consortium gave a number of presentations at the Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting (JITMM 2014) and the 8th seminar on Food- and Water-borne Parasitic Zoonoses (FBPZ8) in Bangkok from December 2-4.
This year&r…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that we have shared our research portfolio on the newly launched MESA Track database.
Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), with whom Malaria Consortium is a collaborating partn…
The British government has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the development of strong, sustainable and equitable health systems in developing countries. This comes in response to the International Development Committee&rsqu…
In early November, Malaria Consortium held a highly successful symposium on access to better diagnostic tools for pneumonia. Held at the annual American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) meeting in New Orleans, the …
ACCESS-SMC, a UNITAID-funded project, led by Malaria Consortium in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, was officially launched at a meeting in Uganda last month. It is supporting National Malaria Control Programmes across t…
In the opening keynote speech of the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bill Gates called upon the international community to drive towards eradicating malaria in this generation, calling…
Malaria Consortium at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in New Orleans, November 3 - 6
Malaria Consortium will be giving a number of presentations at the 63rd annual American Society of Tropical Medici…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce that Agnes Nanyonjo, Research Officer in our Uganda office, has completed her doctoral thesis on 'Delivering health services to children through integrated community case management in Uga…
Malaria Consortium was well represented at this week’s Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Cape Town, which ran from 30 September until 3 October 2014. The conference was attended by 1,700 researchers,…
Structured discussions known as community dialogues are being used in communities in Mozambique as a way of improving health-seeking behaviours and knowledge surrounding schistosomiasis – one of the most widespread and harmf…
Three quarters of deaths in children under five are caused by malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia often because access to quality health care is hardest in areas where the need is greatest. Uganda has one of the highest infant mortal…
In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 207 million cases of malaria, which killed approximately 627,000 people – mostly children in sub-Saharan Africa.
The best weapon for treating malaria is…
On Friday, the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on international development moved one step closer to being enshrined in law, after 166 MPs voted in favour of the bill during its second rea…
The success of health interventions hinges on the involvement of affected communities. One method of encouraging engagement is through community dialogues, which gather villagers to discuss and find local solutions to health chall…
For most large-scale health programmes, harmonisation amongst partners is key. When it comes to disease control, this is all the more essential. As organisations work with limited resources and across multiple countries, they have…
The Ugandan Ministry of Health, through funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, is rolling out external quality assurance (EQA) for malaria diagnostics across the country. Quality control reduces the …
In the Sahel region of Africa, which covers a broad swathe of land south of the Sahara, malaria remains the leading cause of severe illness and death in young children. A high proportion of the malaria infections in this region ta…
Recently, Malaria Consortium hosted a series of meetings in Geneva, bringing together global experts in child health, community case management, and diagnostics. During the meetings, the experts discussed the current global situat…
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. Every year it kills an estimated 1.2 million young children, accounting for approximately 18 percent of all deaths in this age group – more than AIDS, malaria an…
With the support of many health-related journal editors, BioMed Central hosted the inaugural ‘Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice’ conference in London from 1-3 July, bringing together distinguished leade…
Liberal Democrat Michael Moore MP is sponsoring a Private Members Bill to enshrine in law the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on international development.
Speaking of his reasons for cho…
At the launch of the Pioneering Progress Exhibition in the UK Houses of Parliament this week, MPs and Peers came together to celebrate the UK’s leading role in the fight against malaria. Organised by the UK Malaria Advocates…
London, June 13th: Although it may be relatively unknown to many and is one of the so-called ‘neglected tropical diseases,’ dengue is one of the fastest growing emerging infectious diseases in the world. Over 40 percen…
Largest grant yet for seasonal malaria chemoprevention
UNITAID has awarded up to $67 million to Malaria Consortium to oversee the largest-yet global programme to increase seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) across the Sa…
Malaria Consortium’s new Learning Paper released today reflects on our work to contain the impact of malaria on mobile and migrant populations in north-west Cambodia, through an approach known as positive deviance. The proje…
2014 Malaria Consortium Progress Symposium in Asia
Despite real progress towards malaria elimination in this part of Asia, the Greater Mekong Sub-region continues to face the worrying challenge presented by artemisinin resistance…
The International Development Committee has released its final recommendations for the future of the UK Government’s support to Myanmar, following a six month consultation where Malaria Consortium gave both written and oral …
Malaria Consortium is proud to announce their support to Fight the Fakes, a multi-stakeholder campaign to raise awareness about the dangers and the impact of fake medicines. Through supporting this campaign, Malaria Consortiu…
Increasing access to treatment goes hand-in-hand with efforts to prevent antibiotic resistance
In its recent report, the World Health Organization (WHO) called the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria a "growing public health …
"Whilst it is the responsibility of individuals to ensure that drugs are used rationally, the consequences of irrational use are global," says Kirstie Graham. Photograph: Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium has been conduc…
With the spread of resistance to antibiotics, bacterial diseases are increasingly difficult to control and treat. Understanding resistance and identifying ways to control it are public health priorities
3-year old Nyana from Sout…
Malaria Consortium’s Chief Executive, Charles Nelson, gave oral evidence in the House of Commons to the International Development Committee’s (IDC) inquiry into democracy and development in Myanmar (Burma) on the 17 De…
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Myanmar Government, establishing a new three-year partnership that aims to provide technical assistance and strategic support for…
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire in 2015. As we approach the deadline, it is clear that the next development framework needs to be in place to take over. Discussions at the highest level have begun. David Camero…
January 2013 marks the 1st anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases where pharmaceuticals, governments and donors pledged to eliminate or control 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by 2020. The first…
Around 1.2 million people died from malaria in 2010. This is still a significant 32% decline since the peak number of recorded deaths in 2004, however, these figures are almost double those reported in the 2011 World Mal…
London, 27 May 2011:
Results from a major clinical trial in East Africa show that the survival rate for children in shock as a result of severe infections is, in fact, lower when the accepted practice of rapid fluid resuscitatio…
Improving the performance of COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERs
Treating Children with Diarrhoea, Pneumonia and Malaria in AfricaLondon, 13th January 2010: Malaria Consortium has received a $10 million grant from the Bill & Mel…
Over 60 million long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are being distributed to every household in Nigeria, protecting millions of lives from malaria. This comprehensive nationwide effort represents an unprecedented opportunity to…
Gordon Brown has announced that Britain will provide 20 million extra bed nets to help in the fight against malaria - one sixth of the estimated world shortage. Writing in The Sun newspaper today, the Prime Minister said that now…